His love of nuclear physics led him to study cosmic rays and to investigate what drove the pulsating brightness of an important class of stars used as yardsticks to measure cosmic distances.
Various Western scientific disciplines have conducted studies to learn how Chinese medicine works, but it is difficult to use a Western yardstick to measure Eastern medicine.
Most ICU studies use at least one episode of severe hypoglycemia as a yardstick to report hypoglycemia incidence.
In our analyses, we used this yardstick to measure the differences in mean changes between groups from baseline to treatment, according to current practice in QoL studies (Tonelli et al, 2009; Minton et al, 2010).
"It established a whole new yardstick to measure value.
"It's a great yardstick to measure success, or lack thereof," Mr. Carolla said.
This seems like a fair yardstick to use when looking at Glass's own operas.
The Fed's most recent stimulus effort is causing his favored yardstick to grow again.
He declined to emphasize the "S-word" – summit – a reminder to pick the right yardstick to measure success.
Lower the yardstick to $100 million and the number might reach 4,000.
